Is aversion to obeying one's parents considered a sin if it is beyond one's will due to sorcery, envy, or demonic possession, despite one's efforts to strive against it?
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If a bewitched person loses his mind due to sorcery, he is not held accountable or blamed for what he does in that state, because responsibility is lifted from the insane. However, if he is aware of what he is doing, he will be held accountable for it as long as it is by his own choice, due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "The pen has been lifted from three: from the sleeper until he wakes up, from the child until he grows up, and from the insane until he regains his sanity." In the case of unintentional shortcomings in honoring one's parents, despite striving to do so, it is a cause for Allah's forgiveness.
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